Mike, Is this what you're trying to do, it avoids the awkward use of a while loop, taking advantage of the ability to vectorize R functions.
fun <- function() { z <- matrix(rbinom(832, 1, prob = 0.048), nrow = 32) sum(rowSums(z) == 0) } a <- as.matrix(replicate(1000, fun())) > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of bikemike42 > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:58 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Re place only first NA in column > > > Dear All, > > I am trying to fill in a blank vector ("a") with one value at a time, with > the value of the number of rows in a randomized dataset with rowSums=0. > Below is the code I've got so far, but what I want to be as the last line > is > " a[1st NA,]=nz" > such that this will run until all of my NAs are replaced with an integer > value based on randomizations. > > a<-matrix(nrow=1000,ncol=1) > while(sum(is.na(a)>0)) > { > z<-matrix(rbinom(832, 1, prob = 0.048), nrow = 32) > rs<-rowSums(z) > nz<-length(rs[rs==0]) > a[,]=nz > > } > > Thank you for your help! > Mike > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Replace-only-first-NA- > in-column-tp26163589p26163589.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.